# Moderation in gas prices will improve margins for urea players: ICRA | ECHEMI

> ICRA says that falling regasified LNG prices, expected to moderate toward $8.5 to 9 per mmBtu by January 2019, will improve margins and reduce working capital needs for Indian urea producers. Natural gas makes up about 70% of urea production costs, and the decline follows a peak of $11.5 in November 2018.

- Date: 2019-01-07 · published 2019-01-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region India · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61401-moderation-in-gas-prices-will-improve-margins-for-urea-players-icra-echemi
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md), [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md)

## Why it matters

Cheaper gas lowers urea production costs, which can ease nitrogen prices over time and tighten the cost link to feed grains, while the energy price decline also reflects softer global gas demand.

## Read by commodity

- UREA: neutral
- NATGAS: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NATGAS | 2025-02-21 | [Friday’s Insider: Urea and gas prices — market in transition — Fertilizer Daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26365-friday-s-insider-urea-and-gas-prices-market-in-transition-fertilizer-daily.md) | -18.8% | -15.1% |
| NATGAS | 2020-10-06 | [Lower gas prices to benefit urea producers, reduce subsidy needs: Icra, ETEnergyworld](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50947-lower-gas-prices-to-benefit-urea-producers-reduce-subsidy-needs-icra.md) | +15.1% | +39.9% |
| NATGAS | 2019-07-02 | [Softening gas prices credit positive for urea sector: Report - The Economic Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58405-softening-gas-prices-credit-positive-for-urea-sector-report-the-economic-times.md) | +5.2% | -5.2% |
| NATGAS | 2023-01-03 | [Natural Gas Prices in Europe Fall to Pre-Invasion Levels - The New York Times](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9189-natural-gas-prices-in-europe-fall-to-pre-invasion-levels-the-new-york-times.md) | -4.8% | -32.8% |
| NATGAS | 2019-09-13 | [IHS Markit: US natural gas price will fall to levels not seen since 1970s \| World Pipelines](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57254-ihs-markit-us-natural-gas-price-will-fall-to-levels-not-seen-since-1970s-world.md) | -0.1% | -13.8% |
| UREA | 2020-10-06 | [Lower gas prices to benefit urea producers, reduce subsidy needs: Icra, ETEnergyworld](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50947-lower-gas-prices-to-benefit-urea-producers-reduce-subsidy-needs-icra.md) | -0.7% | +2.7% |
| UREA | 2023-04-04 | [The Russia-Ukraine War’s Impact on Fertilizer Prices in 2022](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36330-the-russia-ukraine-war-s-impact-on-fertilizer-prices-in-2022.md) | +12.8% | +20.8% |
| UREA | 2020-06-25 | [Global gas prices teeter above record lows on virus optimism, weather – The Energy Bulletin Daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9803-global-gas-prices-teeter-above-record-lows-on-virus-optimism-weather-the-energy.md) | +3.4% | +7.3% |

## Sources

- echemi.com: https://www.echemi.com/cms/19729.html

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